In order for an associated view to be executed, you must return a
dictionary. If you return a string or HTML helper, it will be returned
directly to the browser with no view being executed.
Anthony
On Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 3:14:50 PM UTC-5, Vlad wrote:
>
> I am sure I am missing something very basic here, but... googling didn't
> help...
>
> When I have a contoller which I use in ajax calls, it all works just
> perfect except that the view loses the formatting (for example, it does
> keep the links and bullets - yet loses bootstrap formatting of everything).
> I don't understand why this happens and how to fix it. After all the view
> extends layout.html which does include everything, so why would it make a
> difference if html code is direct on the page or embedded via ajax?
>
> For example: the following 2 controllers via ajax produce exactly same
> non-formatted html:
>
> def test1():
> return XML("<ul class='nav nav-tabs'><li class='active'><a
> href='#'>Home</a></li><li>\
> #<a href='#'>M1</a></li><li><a href='#'>M2</a></li><li><a
> href='#'>M3</a></li></ul>")
>
> def test2():
> return XML("<ul><li><a href='#'>Home</a></li><li>\
> <a href='#'>M1</a></li><li><a href='#'>M2</a></li><li><a
> href='#'>M3</a></li></ul>")
>
> In fact, even without ajax, when I allow these controllers to go through
> default views (i.e. without having a dedicated view) - this is exactly what
> happens too, but here I sort of understand it - while in a case of ajax I
> don't, because ajax is embedded into real view html and should really
> pickup all the appropriate formatting which works well on the rest the
> page.
>
> What am I missing? How do I fix this?
>
>
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